Bottle-fastening device.



No. 630,286. Patented Aug. l, |899. J. CEDERSTROM.

BOTTLE FASTENING DEVICE.

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No. 630,286. Patented Aug. I, |899.

J. CEDERSTROM.

BOTTLE FASTENING DEVICE.

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JOHN CEDERSTROM, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE UNITED STATES AERATING FOUNTAIN COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE-FASTENING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,286, dated August 1, 1899. Application tiled March 7, 1899. Serial No. 708,091. (No model.) l

'o all whom t may COUP/'6PM tively, to the stopper and the bottle in such Be it known that I, JOHN CEDERSTROM, rea manner as to form a lock, that maybe dessiding in the city of New York, State of New ignated a rentrant toggle. Vhen the de- York, have inventedanew and useful Bottlevice is locked, the two `toggle members ex- 5 Fastening Device, which is fully set forth in tend above the bottle, lying one within the 55 the following specification. other in the same plane and in the line of This invention relates to fastening devices resistance against the expansive force of the for bottles, and is more particularly devised gas in the bottle. The greater the pressure for bottles containing aerated liquids, where from within the more firmly is the device held 1o therequirements are that the stopper be held locked, while a very slight pressure in either 6o closely against the mouth of the bottle, so as direction against the elbowof the toggle memto form a joint absolutely tight for resisting bers suffices to unlock the device, and the the expansive force of the gas, while at the same motion swings the whole stopper clear same time the device can be readily unlocked, away from the mouth of the bottle. x5 so that a woman or child may open the bottle In order to make the fastening as secure as 65 withoutanygreatmuscular eort. Moreover, possible normally while easy to unlock when the attachment must be sure and positive in desired, there may be employed in addition a its operation; simple, so that it is not liable positive catch to hold the two members in to get out of order; inexpensive, to bring it their locked position, the catch being prozo within the reach of all, and attractive in apvided with a rounded or cam surface, so that 7o pearance. when the toggle is pushed to one side the In fastening devices wherea lock-lever is catch will readily disengage. employed, in which class the present inven- Instead of locating the bearings for pivottion falls, it is common to arrange two pivlng one member of the toggle upon the bottle 25 oted toggle members in such a manner that itself such bearings may be carried on an arm 75 the device is locked or unlocked by throwing that rises from a stand upon which the bottle the joint to one side or the other of its deadrests, or I may have a stand for holding a center-past the dead-center. Itis a matter number of bottles, the bearings for the togof every-day observationthat a considerable gle members of each bottle being carried on 3o exertion is sometimes necessary to force the an arm that branches out from the top of the 8o parts over the dead-center. In myinvention central standard. In either case the bottle these pivoted members are so arranged that -itself has no attachment fixed to it, but when when the device is locked the members are removed presents the appearance of acarafe. balanced, as it were, exactly in their dead- To illustrate a preferred embodiment of my 35 centers, so that a minimum pressure from invention, I refer now to the drawings an- 85 either side suffices to unlock the fastening. neXed hereto and made a part of this specifi- Again, in the ordinary fastening after the decation, in whichvice is unlocked it is then necessary to move Figure 1 isa vertical section through the the stopper away from in front of the mouth fastening device, showing the upper part of 4o of the bottle, and if the contained liquid is the bottle. Fig. 2 is a section at right angles 9o highly charged a considerable part of the gas to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing escapes during the interval between the operthe stopper thrown open. Fig. t shows my ations of unlocking and removing. In my deinvention applied to a stand for one bottle. vice the same movement serves both to unlock A is the neck of the bottle, having an en- 45 the device and to swingit free from the mouth largement d to provide a shoulder against 95 of the bottle. which rests collar B, provided with bearings To describe my invention more precisely, b. Bail C has lugs or inturned ends that take it consists of a stopper or plug fitting against into bearings b, pivotingC so as to turn freely the mouth of the bottle and two members in either direction. The upper portion c of 5o pivoted together and also pivoted, respec- C is straight and passes through a substanloo tially crescent-shaped block D, which turns freely on c. In the concave part of block D are inturned lugs d, that take into bearings ofasubstantiallyhemisphericalblockE. The latter has a longitudinal passage-way screwthreaded at lthe lower part and contracted at its upper extremity. In the upper part of the passage-way is'litted the bullet-shaped plug G, having a flange that prevents it from passing entirely ont of the passage-way. On the bottom of block E is plate c, which may be integral therewith, and against the underside of plate e is a washer I-I, of rubber or similar material, held in place by a block F, screwed into block E. The inner end of screw I" serves as a bearing for spring I, that holds plug G projected -into a seat d/ in D, formed to receive it, which serves to lock D and E together. The head of F swells out, as shown, to form a boss that lits accurately into the top of the bottle and serves to center the stopper properly over the bottle.

The operation is as follows: Press to one side the upper portion D of piece D. The cam action of seat d forces plug G down against spring I, releasing D from E. The same movement, having unlocked the parts, swings bail C (carrying parts D and E) to one side, so as to uncover the mouth of the bottle entirely.

It is to be noticed that only a slight pressure is necessary, that piece D maybe pressed in either direction, and that a single movement both unlocks the fastening` and instantly carries the closure entirely away from the month of the bottle.

It is obvious that many changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of my inventionas, for instance, instead of the inturned lugs on bail C any other means for pivoting C may be employed. Instead of employing a bail, as shown, I may provide two separate arms pivoted in any desirable manner to block D. Instead of lugs d on block D there maybe lugs on E taking into bearings on D, or the two blocks D and E may bepivoted together in any other manner, and springcatch G may be located in D, or I may provide simply a slight knob on one surface to be forced into a corresponding seat in the other, or one (or both) of the meeting surfaces may be flattened to hold the two together by friction.

While I have described my fastening device as pivoted directly upon the neck of the bottle, it is obvious that this is not the only way, as the device may be pivoted to a separate bearing independent of the bottle.

The metal parts maybe of ornamental iinish and nickeled or of silver, a cut-glass bottle with silver mountings being an attractive addition to the sideboard or bar.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. In a bottle-fastening device, the combination with the substantially hemispherical block having a longitudinal threaded bore reduced at its upper end, of the crescentshaped toggle member pivoted thereto, and the spring-pressed catch seated in the said bore and adapted to catch into a seat in the crescentshaped block, substantially as described.

2. In a bottle-fastening device, the combination with the bottle, of pivoted bail C, crescent-shaped block D pivoted thereon, and hemispherical block E pivoted in the concavity of block D, said block E being provided With a catch adapted to engage in a seat in block D, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a bottle having two opposite bearing-seats therein of cylindrical shape, of a bail having inturned ends pivoted in said seats, a crescent-shaped block having a transverse cylindrical opening in which said bail is seated, and a hemispherical block seated in the concavity of said crescent-shaped block and having two opposite bearing -seats therein of cylindrical shape that receive lugs upon the lower ends of said crescent shaped block, said hemispherical block being adapted to it over the mouth of the bottle, substantially as described.

.In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOI-IN CEDERSTROM.

'Witnessesz C. A. L. MAssiE, ELISHA K. CAMP. 

